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An Animal's Perspective
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the world from the perspective of a bird or another animal? Imagine that you
were given the opportunity to spend time as an animal.
Write a short story that describes your time as a bird or another animal. Include descriptive details that explain how you became an
animal and what you decide to do.
As you write, remember your essay will be scored based on how well you:
develop a multi-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly communicates the purpose of your story to the audience.
describe the characters, setting, and conflict using meaningful sensory descriptions and details that enable the reader to visualize
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I would enjoy being a cat because they have a perfect life if they are fortunate enough not to be dumped and have to sleep and eat out in the cold. I would like to see the world through a cats eyes and receive all the love that my cat's receive. I am an animal advocate and it breaks my heart to see any animal in duress.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"